Steely Dan - Gaucho - Super Hot Stamper (With Issues)

*NOTE: There is a bubble in the vinyl that plays as 14 moderate thuds about 1/4" into track 1 on side 2, "Gaucho." Vintage covers for this album are hard to find in exceptionally clean shape. Most of the will have at least some amount of ringwear, seam wear and edge wear. We guarantee that the cover we supply with this Hot Stamper is at least VG. Every instrument taking part in this complex, richly imagined sonic tapestry sits perfectly in its own place, and, more importantly for us audiophiles, its own space. The average pressing we auditioned was somewhat opaque and compressed, throwing a veil over the vocals and setting them further back on the stage. Not this copy -- the transparency and dynamics are superb, highlighting Donald Fagen's moody, emotive singing while his ensemble of hand-picked studio cats wails away behind him with abandon (but not too much abandon; can't lose our Steely Dan cool don't you know). Add a handful of oh-so-sultry female vocalists to sex it up and you ha